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I found out that the U turn (and yield , should it return) will change its format to the Israeli versions format (everyone votes for who should recive the u turn as aposed to the US versons U turn format)

I also found a new and unheard of twist called the 'Salvage Pass'. Any guesses on what it could be ?

I dont mind the Israeli U-turn. It changes the game and will force the teams to make alliances.

The Salvage Pass i would guess is like a safetry mat from elinamation. ie If a team comes last but has the pass ,the team is not out and is treated like a non elinamation leg. Called it a get out of elinamation free card,if you will.

I found out that the U turn (and yield , should it return) will change its format to the Israeli versions format (everyone votes for who should recive the u turn as aposed to the US versons U turn format)

How can you judge something when you havent seen it? (unless you have seen the 2nd Israeli season)

I hope it rates well and Aussie audience's like it. It may be the extra drama we need if the teams this season are again are not the most aggressive players. I just hope that the Must Vote U-Turns only happen on some legs of the race and not all of them (I mean not the 1st leg at least because teams won't even have known each other or who is the most competitive/physical threat).

I just don't see how this will even work in the Australian version. The legs in the Israeli version are twice as long as the ones in every other version and no teams were eliminated due to the voting because they still had time to catch up. I guess the voting in this season won't be as frequent?

How can you judge something when you havent seen it? (unless you have seen the 2nd Israeli season)

I saw the 2nd Israeli season, I stopped watching half way through. That's like a fat person passing up a double cheeseburger (I love double cheeseburgers). It was that bad. I like to watch a race not a popularity contest.

In fairness, I honestly don't think we can trust ActiveTV to run a proper race without screwing it up. At this point, TAR Asia 1 and TAR Australia 1 are flukes.

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I hope it rates well and Aussie audience's like it.

Australian audiences tend to HAAAATE player-voting situations in reality shows just as much as British audiences seem to HAAAATE reality shows without phone voting. I can't name a single player-voting show that's ever been renewed, aside from Masterchef (and the relevant episodes were replaced with elimination challenges for the second season).

Even when The Mole did the "give someone an exemption or lose money" challenge, it was cancelled. That's how poorly these sorts of things are received down here.

In fairness, I honestly don't think we can trust ActiveTV to run a proper race without screwing it up. At this point, TAR Asia 1 and TAR Australia 1 are flukes.

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I hope it rates well and Aussie audience's like it.

Australian audiences tend to HAAAATE player-voting situations in reality shows just as much as British audiences seem to HAAAATE reality shows without phone voting. I can't name a single player-voting show that's ever been renewed, aside from Masterchef (and the relevant episodes were replaced with elimination challenges for the second season).

Even when The Mole did the "give someone an exemption or lose money" challenge, it was cancelled. That's how poorly these sorts of things are received down here.

Big Brother lasted 8 seasons on 10 and is coming back for a 9th on 9 this year and guess what the players did. They vote to see who should face the public vote to see who get evicted.